Computing scale



April 5, 1927.

1,623,134 w. J.;. aouLgAu COMPUTI NG S CAQBa Filed May 4. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet. 1'

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IHVenior Wilfred J. Fiouleou MMaW W. J. RQULEAU.

commune SCALE April 5. 1927.

Filed May 4. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 5.

| v v I I I I I Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

,UNiTYEij wiLFREn VJ. ROULEA'U, OF QUIfieY, MA'SSACQUSETTS.

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This invention i eliates' te c'dhiputing seales arid pzti'ticuhhly t t'hz'it tyi e 0f c'timputing scale in which tWeSepaiate dials Eire employed, one for ihdic-ajtilig theweight and the (Sthei' fhi' indieeting the pr ce. i

Ali object of the ii ve tioh is td provide a computing scale Of this type Whichis faceurzite in epei'ation, which isfreldtiveiy si'mp'ie ii 'co'h ucti'ori mid which hfas' other aidtantages', 511 215; will be more fully hereinafter Set fOf'ilh. j

1h mm to give an uiideretalidihg o'fthe iiiv 'i'titiii I have ilhieti'itted the drew- THQSQ emcee ejulh'odinient the'i eot which will 116W be desei ed ztfti' Whiehth nojiel features will be pointed out iii the hpperid'e'd chums, v I

i Fig. 1 is :11 sidevieii Of scale embodying my invention; v v k i FM. 2 is fi'b'nt view partly hi 'oke'n out illustrating the Weight dial and the bride dial; v v I top 1515111 iew of 2 ivith 2 1 pzu t of the hous'hig hfek'efl out; A v

Fig". 4 is it Seetien 0 h the line 4 4, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line Fig.2;

Fig. 6 is a detail showmg' the retaguiin'g Fig. 7 is a frfzigxxienta -y vievv illustrating the sight openings through which the dials aie feed. v, H V,

The operative parts of the device aresupported 0h a, suitable fieme 1 which may have any eppropi'iiq'te C-GIIShIfHQfi Ofi, The plat term 011 which. t articles to he w'eighed are placed is indicated 2 shpperted by a suittible lei el s 3 which age co 'ri'et'ed by a link 4 to e efe'ss' beam 5. This ci'o's beam 5 is edhncted te two te si'eu Springs Gby means of strips O1 0011' nections When, therefiir'e, at weight is ipphed tOtheplzi'tfofniQ the ei'qe hail 5 will be moied dewnii ardly in Opposition to the actien e'f the sprihgs 6 as htiai ili p ing; Scales, f i ybe e u The Xi eight-ihdicetihg dial is Sho'ivh ash at wheel 8 \ihich if; fgjrizidueited dh fiei'i-ph eij to indicate pour id e 61" enyether unit 0'51? 7 Weight and which mehiited eh a eh'zift thtlt is j bui t'iziiled iii uitz ib'le iiej ing's 1p. "lfhie shaft 11am piniori 11 fast theiedfijvith meshes a, iicklQ, the latter being conri'ectedby a'fied tel the (ii-ties heir 5. A11) dowfi'vvztfd nibveihefit of ci -(Esther dueto' it Weight oh the phitferi'ii 2 will, thei ef oi e, fdtate the Weighti chegtting dial 8. This dial 8 ,is heated Within hjd sihg 14 Whichhas s'ligit open- 1'5 theifeih thibugh which the dizil may rm; 1 Y, The its thiis fat desciihed Lire or m he ail a us iel in spring seales arid forin n0 peep bf preeht iliveritieii.

The c mputin scale embodying" my iri- Venti'oh of that type in which a single 'p'iie'eindieeti ig dial separate froni the Weight indicetifigdial i 's en'lployeti ehd by which the J total to he paicifor the iii-tide be ifigl' Weighed. will he indicated. This priice-ihdiezitiiig dial, ie showii at 16 it is -'m'ou'med on a shaft 17 which is jeuthelled ih beatings 1'0.

preemammmg dial is $6 delineated te the weighing mechanism by adjustehle fieahe ujhieh includes p iee per-poimd ztdjutmeiit that Wheh said pi ice-per-pound adjustment set to indicate any desired prie pei pou id then Wheneyer an ei'ticie is plteed'dn the platform Qthe price-indic'zieting d-ial will he tu 'iied t0 ihdieete the to'tal 6f the titicl'e based en the price 1561 pound indicated by the pride-petpeund adjustment. The p'iiee-p-ef-ij'ound adjustment eqmprises a scale 18 graduated indicate prices pound 0i (ithei' unit ojwelght WhlCh is euppol'ted on a SW11 0 it 'ih 1 9 H tiiivt is pivoted at 20 to efiXed eup pfoit 21. This a x-ii is {Lise eonheete'd 'tothe \ierti'eihlly inovingj frame which in'eliide the efrfo ise hat; $6 th'ztt the 19' will rise and fi hine iiiijves; up T d Q iiTi l. The p' sjtio'n of the arm '19, therefiore', will alwa s gOfi eiheci the Weight which is oh the ijlhtforin 2.

thus eeiihecting the ai'in, 19 and the ffenie said :inh is provided with. a. l i tef al Stud 61 carrying it Tell 62 which reef-6 1 in bar, QQ t-hi-t vzdcen'de hetweeri the members, 7 end parallel te the hiii 5. The M1162 ie iainteilied in engl'e enient With the hjzir 29 by means of a re ilillg fii'i 'el Qigwh'icli eiitehde fremel 2'4 that-11s inked th the bar 22. As the bars 52) c1 22afedepressd by the p "eiiig weight 011 the ijlitfdrm 2 the are 19 will thus be ewung dew nwerdly about its pivot ihte hi1 zttfguh i fiositioh Vi i'1iC-i1 eoi l esp'oiids t6 anidunt Of dejjf ssieri of the here 5 iljild 22. I

Slidably mounted on the arm 19 is a arriage 25 carrying a pointer 26 which cooperates with the scale 18. This carriage can be moved back and forth on the bar to bring the pointer 26 to any of the indication marks on the scale thereby to indicate the price per pound of the article being weighed. Journalled in the carriage is a shaft 27 on which is secured a pinion 28 that meshes with a rack 29 formed on the arm 19. The shaft 27 is also provided with a thumb piece 39 by which it may be turned and it is further provided with a dial 31 which is graduated in fractions of the price unit indicated on the scale 18. If the scale 18 is graduated in U. S. currency it will he graduated so that each division of the scale will represent 10 and the dial 31 may then be divided into ten graduations each of which represents 19. The pinion 28 is preferably of such a size that one rotation of the shaft 27 will advance the indicator 26 from one graduation 011 the scale 18 to the next graduation.

The carriage is provided with a. roller 32 which rests on a horizontal bar 33 which is connected at its ends by links to the arms of a U-shaped frame 35 that is pivoted in knife edge bearings 36. One arm of this frame 35 is provided with a segmental gear 37 which meshes with a pinion 38 fast onthe shaft 17 of the price-indicating dial.

The arm 19 is provided with the adjustable counterweight 39 which is intended to counterweight the weight of the arm and the frame 35 is also provided with the adjustable counterweight 410 which may be adjusted to balance the weight of the carriage 25.

The operation of the device is as follows. \Vhen there is no weight on the platform 2 and the parts are in their normal position the arm} 19 will be exactly parallel with the bars 22 and 5 and both dials will indicate Zero. Vhen a weight or bundle i1 is placed on the platform 2 the frame comprising the bars 5 and 22 will of course, be depressed to a point corresponding to the weight 41 and this weight will be indicated on the dial 3. In order to get the total cost of the article 41 the operator will adjust the slide 25 to a point to indicate the price per pound for said article.

Assuming that the article ll is to sell for 20 a pound then the slide 25 will be adjusted as shown in Fig. 2 to indicate 20. The downward movement of the bar 22 due to the weight 1-1 will result in swinging the arm 19 downward as indicated in Fig. 2 so that said arm will assume an inclined position.

Since the carriage 25 has a bearing on the cross bar 33 through the roll 32 said cross bar will be depressed by the downward swinging movement of the arm 19 and this downward movement of the cross bar 33 will operate through the connections 3% to swing the frame 35 and thereby turn the price-indicating dial 16. The extent of the downward movement of the cross bar 33 will depend upon the position of the slide on the arm 19. If the slide is adjusted to the right hand end of the arm 19 the cross bar 33 will have a greater downward movement for a given weight placed on the platform 2 than if the slide in the position shown in Fig. 2 or is at the left of said position and the parts are so designed and the dial 16 is so graduated that it will always indicate an amount equal to the price per pound as indicated by the position of the slide 25 multiplied ly the number of pounds as indicated by the dial 3. IVhen the slide 25 is adjusted to indicate zero it will be directly in line with the axis or pivot of the arm 19 and. therefore, the swinging movement of the arm 19 will produce no vertical movement of the bar 33 and the price-indicating dial 16 will remain at zero.

In order that the device may function properly it is necessary that the price-indicating arm 19 should be exactly parallel to the bars 22 and 5 when there is no weight on the scale and the dials indicate Zero. In order to secure this absolute parallelism I have made the pivotal connection between the arm 19 and the bracket 21 an adjustable one so that said pivoted end of the arm can be adjusted vertically. This pivotal connection comprises a pivot pin 20 which is journalled in a head 15 having a stem -16 that is received in a recess 17 formed in the bracket 21. The stem is provided with two cone-shaped recesses 48 and the bracket 21 is provided with two pointed screws 1-9, the points of which enter the recesses. These screws are offset from each other as shown in Fig. 5 so that by backing off one screw and advancing the other the stem l6 will be adjusted vertically.

78 indicates a stop pin which is carried by the slide 25 and is situated beneath the bar This stop pin is for the purpose of aiming the slide and the bar 33 in proper operative relation.

59 indicates a resilient friction device carried by the slide and frictionally engaging the surface 51 of the arm 19. This friction device is for the purpose of retaining the slide in any adjuted position. Inorder to provide a scale having a large range without unduly increasing the size I have arranged the price-indicating dial and the mechanism for operating it so that said dial can make more than one forward rotation continuously in the same direction and have placed on the dial two parallel rows of priceindicating graduations, One of these rows 8.00 then when are an aga-1'34 has raduatiohs from Z1170 up ti) predeten a'ea tigiire a its easii av can it??? aliase an as nui her to a other piedfe'tei h lerely ioi'ftlie sake Oil illiisn iiigs siie the i jow asii hnniii'g to 8 00 and the second r'ow fi-oiii 800 11". If, therefore an article litisbeeii weighed, the price of which willbe ui'ideb $8. UO,tl1e pi'iceindicating dial 16 wean be tamed lessens one rotation. the other hand, it the price of the article beiiig weighed was over the dial It will v a animate rev 'ivi ll th n'ooii'tinue a; sans tort til the pro s mark is lirough this as th tate tliidii I; one

\ vith out in V (ii-ma or dial 16. 511; l. h il'llir en'ibodimeiit of my to be limited to the coils showii.

1 claim; I, I p r In coniiiiitiiig scale, combination a itlri wtigiiiw sens ii cifiding a ,vnitjany i is a eanaemiaa mas ere of a pivoi e dprice indicating arm haying a i i aging said r aso that the positioi vo'f W lin nan. times [corresponds to weighing movement oft "e scale, and priceindicating dial controller y bysaid arm.

k In a computing soale, the combination with a weighing seals including a. vertically moving part in the form of a horizontal rod, of a pivoted pricerindicating armliavinga stud engaging said rod so that the position of the arm at all times corresponds to the weighing movement of the scale, a slide carried by said arm to indicate the price per pound and a pricc-indicating dial operated by said arm and controlled as to the extent of its movement by the position of the slide.

A computing scale such as set forth in claim 2 in which the arm is provided with a cale graduated in price units and the slide carries a dial which rotates as the slide moves and is graduated in fractions of said price unit.

l. A computing scale as set forth in claim 3, in combination with an indicator on the slide which co-operates both with the scale on the arm and the graduations on the dial.

5. In a computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale including a vertically moving part, a pivoted price-indicating arm connected to the scale so that the position of the arm at all times corresponds to the weighing movement of the scale, a rack carried by said arm, a price-indicating scale on the arm, a slide mounted on the arm, said slide having an indicator co-operating with the scale, a shaft journalled in the slide and a pinion thereon meshing with said rack,

Slide having whereby t e" slide is adjusted on the as, by iotatii an snare, and a priaei'aaicaaag dial tictliatd b theslid U lii ou'tin scale, tl with afwei'ghin may 't cally n; pai't, a1ii otie'dp lie germ oo'nnjected .jto tlie'seale so that he position of the arm at an times "ebrre simn ds t the t signi ,n 'idx emefit of the scale, a ack an ried by said in, lprice-fi'ndic g are air le mounted on the ain'i, l nnidicatoi; co-operatin 3" d1 V led iii the slid id as; ion theren meshing with said rack, whereb the slide is adjusted onthe am by rdtaiing the shai'fh a price-indicating dial actuatedby he slide, tart-(i friction device iing the ide adjusted position. a 'fcoinp'ut ng scale, the co'iiibination i ig s calei'ncludiii' ie coinbi ned by dicatii prifce inc'lic A ,8. lnac iiinp fin scale, thecombiiiatio'n J weighing sea e including vertically movasie pan, at a pivoted pricedndicating that ti the bar, a priceinle iiioui'itedon said arm, and it atmg dial actuated by ihe slide.

arm connected to said so that the farm at all times assumes a position corresponding to the 'veighing movem iit "'(if the scale, a piicei 'd catii gyslide mounted on said said slide having. a ran, a horizontal bar engagingsaid roll, a price-indicating am and caiiiie'ctioas between said bar and dial. v 3, a

Inac ofiputii" 1 scale, the combination with a weighingsca e including vertically movable horizontal bar, Ora inverse priceindicating arm connected to, said scale so that the arm at all times takes a position corresponding to the weighing movement of the scale, means for adjusting the pivot of the arm, whereby it may be brought into exact parallelism with the bar when the scale indicates zero, and a price-indicating dial controlled by said arm.

10. In a computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale including a vertically -lovable horizontal bar, of a pivoted priceindicating arm connected to said scale so that the arm at all times takes a position corresponding to the weighing movement of the scale, means for adjusting the pivot of the arm, whereby it may be brought into exact parallelism with the bar when the scaleindicates zero, a price-indicating slide adjustable on said arm and a price-indicating dial controlled as to its position by said slide.

11. In a computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale includinga vertically movable'horizontal bar, of a pivoted counterbalanced price-indicating arm connected to said scale so that the arm at all times Ila) lit)

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takes a position corresponding to the weighing movement of the scale, means for adjustin the pivot of the arm, whereby it may be brought into exact parallelism with the bar when the scale indicates zero, and a priceindicating dial controlled by said arm.

12. In a computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale including a vertically moving member in the form of a horizontal rod, a pivoted priceindicating arm having a stud engaging said rod whereby the position of the arm at all times corresponds to the weighing movement of the scale, a priceindicat-ing slide adjustable on said arm, a rocking -frame controlled as to its position by said slide, and a price-indicating scale actuated by said rocking frame.

13. In a computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale including a vertically moving member, a pivoted price-indicating arm connected to said scale, a price-indicating slide adjustable on said arm, a counterbalanced rocking f'ame controlled as to its position by said slide, and a price-indicating scale actuated by said rocking frame.

15 In a computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale, of a cylindrical computing dial capable of rotating continuously in the same direct-ion for more than one revolution, means to actuate the same from the weighing scale to indicate the total price of the article weighed by continuous rotation in one direction, said computing dial having two parallel rows of price-indicating graduations each row extending entirely around the cylindrical dial, one row containing price indications from zero to a predetermined figure and the other row containing price indications from said predetermined figure to another predetermined figure.

means for counterbalancing the weight of the slide.

16. In aeomputing scale, the combination with a weighing scale including a verticallymovable horizontal bar, of a pivoted priceindicating arm connected to said scale so that the arm at all times takes a position corresponding to the weighing movement of the scale, a price-indicating slide adjustable longitudinally of the arm, a rocking frame having a horizontal bar with which the slide engages, a stop pin carried by said slide for maintaining operative engagement between the latter and the bar, and a price-indicating dial actuated by said rocking frame.

17. In a. computing scale, the combination with a weighing scale comprising a vertically-moving horizontal bar, of a pivoted price-indicating arm having a projection resting on said bar, a retaining pin carried by said bar for engaging said projection and maintaining it in operative engagement with the bar, a price-indicating slide adjustable longitudinally of the arm, and a priceindicating dial controlled as to its movement by the combined position of the slide and the arm.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

VVILFRED J. ROULEAU. 

